Table 1

Association between having received ≥ 7 syringes/week from the outreach program and related behavioral characteristics

Characteristics

Total No. (%)

Received < 7 syringes per week from the program

Received ≥ 7 syringes per week from the program

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

P value^a

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

P value

Overall

105

37

68

-

-

-

-

Did not share needle/syringe during last month

90 (85.7)

24 (64.9)

66 (97.1)

17.87 (3.75–85.08)

0.000

14.36 (2.30–89.56)

0.004

Did not share a cooker at last injection

37 (35.2)

11 (29.7)

26 (38.2)

1.46 (0.62–3.45)

0.383

0.65 (0.20–2.08)

0.468

Used condom at last sex/never had sex

40 (38.1)

14 (37.8)

26 (38.2)

1.01 (0.44–2.32)

0.968

0.67 (0.22–2.06)

0.488

Know HIV can be transmitted through shared needle/syringe

101 (96.2)

36 (97.3)

65 (95.6)

0.60 (0.06–6.00)

1.000^b

1.98 (0.14–26.43)

0.605

Ever tested for HIV

63 (60.0)

22 (59.5)

41 (60.3)

1.03 (0.45–2.34)

0.934

0.62 (0.20–1.96)

0.424

Variables shown in this table are controlled for age, ethnicity, marital status, educational levels, recruitment site, length of residency in the area, length of lifetime drug injecting, size of drug use network, and frequency of daily drug injecting.

^aP values based on chi-square test of proportions unless otherwise specified.

^bTwo-tailed Fisher exact test. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Vazirian et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2005 2:19   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-2-19